Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-07
Jul MINING INTERESTS.
interesting Details Of a Flourishing
Mining Camp Near Great Falls
Current Items.

Current TENS
Among the mining regions which viii
draw supplies from Great Falls is the Mel
hart. which is only about fifty miles from
this city. Horace T. Brown, who recently
visited that district, gives much interesting
information regarding ii. He says that
the prevailing ores of~the camp are galena
and ~carbonates. Being quite soft the ore
can be cheaply mined and worked. There
is abundant water power for concentration
purposes. Commentators can be erected
where some of the mines can discharge
ore direct from the tunnels to the works.
"A small concentration was erected last fall,
near Neihart for custom work. The Hud-
son Mining company have also erected a
hundred ton concentration and a thirty ton
smelter. The ore in this %company's mine
isdecomposed quartz. The cost of mining
and concentrating the ore is only $3.50.
The concentrates as they come from the
mill average nearly one hundred ounces
per ton which with the lead leaves a large
margin of profit.
Mr.. Brown says that the camp will prove
one of the heavy producers OF ores that
can be made valuable by concentration.
Among the names he mentions are the
Queen of the Hills, owned by Neihart &
Co.; the O'Brien, owned by the same
parties; the Gault, owned by Frank Marion;
the Oregon, which belongs to Carothers &
Co, and the London, owned by Farenbaugh
& Co. Extensive workings have been
made on these mines, all of which can be
worked to great depth by tunnels that can
be driven along the veins. Mr.. Brown
says the London is a monster vein OF low
grade ore. The Oregon is a strong vein
with three to sixfeet of ore. The O'Brien
shows a strong vein of pay ore. The
Queen of the Hills mine has a true assure
vein carrying a chute from two to six feet
wide of pay ore.
The Broadwater group of mines is high
up on the side of Old Badly. A large
amount of development work is being
done on them.
When the railroad is open to Great
Falls, this will be the place where the
above miners will ship their concentrates
and receive machinery and camp supplies.
GENERAL VOTES
Y. G. Reed of Portland has bought the
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Ceur d'Alene country,
1t is rumored in Helena that that ex-
Governor Hauser has bonded some mines
at Red Bluff.
The Union Pacific will carry silver lead
ores from all points or the Montana Union
TO Kansas City for thirteen dollars per
ton.
At Anaconda the compan is spending
vast sums of money for machinery and
appliances. The March product was the
greatest on record.
A busy season is expected at the placer
mines near Virginia City.
Some fine specimens of iron ore and coal
from the Sand Coulee district near this
city, are on view at the Office of the town
site company.
Regarding the Alien land law which is
the subject of some discussion in Montana,
the Financsa1and M5nang Record of New
York says: eve can assure our English
friends that the law which was passed to-
ward the close of the last session of Con
gress, interdicting the acquisition of large
tracts of public lands in the territories,
does not bar the ownership and exp,oita-
ton by foreign interpretations or lndlvidu-
ais of such comparatively small bodies of
land as are embraced by the largest Of
mining claims. We are assured that the
law enacted cannot be possibly so con-
strued as to give it that effect. In the
course of the debate on the passage of the
bill such a purpose on the part of those
urging the law, was distinctly disclaimed
"a fact which must be taken into 0 n
sideration by the executive officers of the
General land Office in constituting the
statute"
The same journal says: 1.-THE Granite
Mountain Mining company Of Montana
paid on the iltk of April a dividend, No.
%, of fifty cents a share, or 100000, max
ing 100000 paid this year, and total to
date So, 100000. And yet there are those
who say mining enterprises do not pay"